Who We Are
Northern New Jersey JVP (NNJ JVP) is a pod/chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, a national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine.
The JVP family of organizations has restructured. JVP Action, our 501c4 organization, is now doing business as JVP. JVP Lab, our 501c3 organization, continues separately and remains focused on our nonpartisan educational and cultural work. Learn more at jvp.org/jvporgs.
From Our Blog
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Protect and Preserve the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights and the Academic Freedoms of all Students and Universities in America
The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments of the United States Constitution, is the law of the land. The First Amendment guarantees all people the right to freedom of speech and their right to peaceably assemble to petition their government for redress of grievances; the Fourth Amendment guarantees that the people have the right……
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Why We Need to Talk about Palestine
Israel continues to wage a merciless assault against the Palestinian people Even before Israel broke the fragile ceasefire on March 17, with approval from the Trump administration, it had cut off humanitarian supplies to the desperate inhabitants of Gaza. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli military has killed over 50,000 identified people, most of them……
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Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on the Killing of Amer Rabee
Palestinian-American Amer Rabee, originally from Saddle River, NJ, was murdered by Israeli security forces in the West Bank. Continue Reading Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on the Killing of Amer Rabee
Upcoming Events
Nov 2026
Monthly Organizing Meeting—October/November 2026 – 11/08/2026 at 3:30 pm - 5:30 pmJVP NNJ Book Club: Paradiso 17 – 11/10/2026 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Weaponizing Water to Erase Palestine – 11/15/2026 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dec 2026
The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them – 12/03/2026 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pmThe Jewish Labor Bund and Its Legacy: A Conversation with Molly Crabapple – 12/13/2026 at 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Feb 2027
Discriminating against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine – 02/09/2027 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pmApr 2027
The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women – 04/13/2027 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pmVoices from the Holy Land Film Salon
Weaponizing Water to Erase Palestine
Sunday, November 15th, 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Water is life—and Israel’s systematic theft, restriction, and destruction of Palestinian water resources is extinguishing both daily survival and an entire way of life. While Israeli settlers building ‘Eretz Israel’ consume over 350 liters of water per person daily, West Bank Palestinians survive on a fraction of that. In the Gaza Strip, where the population has only a few liters of clean water per capita per day, Israel’s deliberate deprivation of water has triggered a severe health crisis and been denounced as a genocidal act. Our panel will discuss Israel’s use of water as a weapon of ethnic cleansing and genocide, and how we can respond.
For information and registration, go to this link.
